A Garfield Christmas Special (1987 TV Short)
Julie Payne: Mom
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Mom : [beaming] Isn't this wonderful? The whole family together again for the holidays. We're going to have such a splendid Christmas. Oh, I'm so happy I could just burst!
Grandma : Oh, put a sock in it, dearie.
[carrying Garfield to the kitchen]
Grandma : Let's go finish dinner.
Garfield : I can see Grandma and I going to get along just fine.
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Mom : [as Doc Boy eagerly goes for a biscuit, Mom slaps his hand away] Doc Boy, will you say grace, please?
Doc Boy : [reluctantly] Aw, Mom!
Mom : [warningly] Doc Boy!
Doc Boy : I never know what to...
[Grandma hits Doc Boy on the head with the gravy ladle, and Doc Boy goes into prayer]
Doc Boy : [praying hesitantly] Lord, we just want to tell you - how grateful we are for this food. And, um... for letting us all be here together - on Christmas Eve.
Mom : Amen!
[Everyone starts to go for the food, but Doc Boy stands up and continues his prayer]
Doc Boy : And as surely, as the waters of the streams and the rivers find the sea, let each of us find happiness and wisdom in this hour...
[Grandma hits Doc Boy with the ladle again]
Doc Boy : Thanks, Lord. Let's eat!
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Jon Arbuckle : Hey, Mom, pass the potatoes, please.
Mom : Scalloped, whipped, fried, baked, or boiled?
Jon Arbuckle : Mom! You always fix too much food.
Mom : I know, honey, I know. Now what would you like?
Jon Arbuckle : Why, I can't decide. Just give me a piece of pie.
Mom : Apple, peach, pumpkin, blueberry, cherry, or banana cream?
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Jon Arbuckle : [as he tries to help Dad put the star on top of the tree, as he wobbles crazily atop Doc Boy] Careful, Dad, don't hurt yourself.
Dad : Why is it we always put the stupid star on last? Why don't we put the star on top of the tree, then put the tree up?
Mom : Well, it just wouldn't be Christmas if we put the star on first, honey.
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Dad : [finishing "Binky: the Clown Who Saved Christmas"] Now once again, Binky the Clown saved Christmas for children all over the world.
[closes the book]
Dad : The end.
Doc Boy : I don't know about you, Jon, but for a couple of minutes there, I was gettin' pretty worried.
Jon Arbuckle : Ooh, me too!
Mom : [chuckling] All right, boys, it's time to get ready for bed.
Jon Arbuckle : All right!
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Mom : By any chance, you're not thinking of putting chili powder in my sausage gravy, are you, Grandma?
Grandma : Why, no!
[laughs innocently]
Grandma : Heavens to Betsy, child, what would give you such a notion?
[Mom leaves]
Grandma : Just because my chili gravy won a blue ribbon at the county fair and your gravy didn't even place. Who'm I to tell you how to make gravy? The Greene County Gravy champion, that's who!